. >> i had you vetted by my search committee, background check by the fbi, turned you inside out. what did we miss? what flaw in your character, what deep abiding secret. i need to know in a need to know now. >> i've been in a taliban cell for several years. i didn't get much chance to misbehave. >> axs gansa and howard gordon are here, producers of "homeland." what is it about "homeland." it's done well. what is it that makes it, everyone i know once they see it gets captured. >> it's a question we're asked all the time and our first response is we really don't know exactly what it is but it's, you know, it's the sum of its parts. it's a great group of writers in the writers room. it's an amazing cast in front of the camera. and it's just a collective, you know, creative experience that seems to be working and it's a miracle. >> based on an israeli series who saw the israeli series and said eureka this is a great home we can bring it home. >> i wish it was that simple. our agent had come back from israel where he represents the company which shoots the israeli version of the show